Have you had someone knocking on your door pushing the latest model of Kirby or gone to a regular appliance store only to have an aggressive salesman push the most expensive vacuum cleaner on you?
Usually these vacuum salesmen are going to tell you exactly why you need a thousand dollar vacuum cleaner. If you want to be prepared when you go shopping, you are definitely going to need to know why you need (or don’t need) a thousand dollar vacuum cleaner.
It Keeps Going And Going
You hear stories from your grandmother about her 25 year old vacuum cleaner. Guess what – that vacuum cleaner wasn’t a cheap, disposable cleaner that you can get for less than the cost of a night out.
The next time that your grandma brags about how much her vacuum cost, ask her what she paid for it. She probably paid a lot of money. If you convert the price to how much it would cost today, it would probably be close to $1000.
The plain and simple truth is that if you want a vacuum that is going to last a long time, you are going to have to spend a bit of money.
And If It Doesn’t
On the rare occasion that the thousand dollar vacuum cleaner doesn’t last a long time, it is probably going to be covered under warranty. A lot of the Miele vacuum cleaners, for example, are covered under 7 year warranties. Kirby vacuums have 5 year warranties and then the ability to get them fixed for the life of the vacuum at reasonable prices.
If you look at the warranties of expensive vacuums, you are going to see that a lot of the routine maintenance is included in the price of the cleaner. If a belt breaks or you need to get the vacuum cleaned, you often won’t have to pay a cent.
You Get What You Pay For
A thousand dollar vacuum is going to be designed well and have a lot of testing and research behind that design. The result is going to be a machine that works well.
A lot of the cheap vacuums are going to be made with plastic bits that are poorly designed and are going to snap off whenever you bump it into anything.
The next time you get the recommendation to buy an expensive vacuum, you might want to consider if an expensive vac is for you. It may end up a lot cheaper in the long run to buy one vacuum than it is to buy several cheap vacuums.
How much did your vacuum cost and how long have you had it?
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